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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Athletics

2021 Women's Volleyball Roster

Christopher Elwell
Tapatt Tanaboriboon
Tavana Mercado
Tapatt Tanaboriboon
Tavana Mercado
Tavana Mercado

10 Melanie Canfield

  • Position Middle Hitter
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Tallahassee, Fla. / Maclay
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

• 2021 Sunshine State Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll
• 2020 Division 2 Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement Award
• 2020 Sunshine State Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll
• 2019 Sunshine State Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll
• 2018 Sunshine State Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll
• 2017 Sunshine State Conference Freshman of the Year
• 2017 Sunshine State Conference Newcomer of the Year
• 2017 Sunshine State Conference All-Newcomer Team


Ranks eighth all-time in ERAU Volleyball history with 1,051 career kills and eighth all-time with 1,259.0 total points.

2021: Played in 33 matches and 107 total sets...posted 132 kills, 17 service aces, 52 digs, and 72 total blocks...tallied a season-high 11 kills against Eckerd (Oct. 8)...hit .667 with seven kills versus Converse (Sept. 4)...twice registered five blocks, and nine total matches with four or more rejections...became just the ninth member of Embry-Riddle's 1,000-kill club against Saint Leo (Oct. 9).

2020: Received the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award...named to the SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll

2019: Named to the SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll…started all 28 matches…one of three Eagles to appear in all 110 sets…ranked second on the team in points (362.0), kills (297), and blocks (81.0)…led the team and ranked ninth in the conference with a .307 attack percentage…also had 80 digs and 19 service aces…set program record for attack percentage in a match when she hit .739 with 18 kills and one error on 23 attacks in the season-opening 3-0 win over Lees-McRae (Sept. 13)…notched season-best 21 kills in a 3-1 win over West Georgia (Sept. 14)…recorded season-high seven blocks twice, including a 3-1 win at Palm Beach Atlantic (Nov. 9)…had 15 kills and a season-best four service aces in a 3-2 victory over Montevallo (Oct. 18).

2018: Named to the SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll...one of six Eagles to appear in all 109 sets, starting all 30 matches…racked up 291 kills and scored 340 points, both third-best on the team…also ranked third in service aces with 29 and picked up the fourth-most digs with 266…tallied six double-doubles on the season…recorded a season-high 19 kills to go along with 16 digs against Florida Southern (Oct. 27)…registered a season-best 17 digs and added 11 kills against Lynn (Nov. 9).
 
2017: Named the Sunshine State Conference Freshman and Newcomer of the Year…headlined the SSC All-Newcomer Team…one of four Eagles to play in all 92 sets in all 26 matches…ranked fifth in the conference in points/set (3.99) and sixth in kills/set (3.60)…also listed 10th in the league in total kills (331), 16th in service aces/set (0.25), and 24th in hitting percentage (.219)…led the team in points (367.5) and kills (331)…registered career-best 25 kills along with 12 digs in a five-setter against Tampa (Oct. 6)…collected career-high 18 digs while putting down 23 kills in 3-1 win over Saint Leo (Oct. 20)…posted career-best four blocks (one solo) against Oklahoma Baptist in her first career match (Sept. 1)…eclipsed the 20-kill mark six times and recorded 10+ digs on nine occasions.
 
Prep: Graduated from Maclay School in 2017…served as team captain for three seasons…named first team All-Big Bend in 2015, 2016 & 2017…member of the National Honor Society and the National Art Honor Society.
 
Personal: Born in Panama City, Florida…daughter of Steve and Marta Canfield…has three sisters, two of whom played collegiate volleyball – Stephanie Canfield played at nearby Stetson and Deanna Canfield played at South Alabama…majoring in Mechanical Engineering.

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2017Freshman

    Middle Blocker/Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    10
  • 10

    2018Sophomore

    Outside Hitter
    6'1"
    10
  • 10

    2019Junior

    Middle Blocker/Right Side
    6'1"
    10
  • 10

    2020Senior

    Middle Blocker/Right Side
    6'1"
    10
  • 10

    2021Senior

    Middle Hitter
    6'1"
    10